#48A7D0#48A7D0

#48A7D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.107 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#48A7D0
RGBrgb(72, 167, 208)
HSLhsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(198, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 19.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.62, -15.30, -29.12)
CIE-LCHlch(64.62, 32.90, 242.28°)
OKLaboklab(68.85% -0.0693 -0.0815)
OKLCHoklch(68.85% 0.107 229.6)
XYZxyz(27.8719, 33.5663, 64.6723)
Luminance0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#48A7D0 #D07148
analogous
#48D0B5 #48A7D0 #4863D0
triadic
#48A7D0 #D048A7 #A7D048
tetradic
#48A7D0 #B548D0 #D07148 #63D048
square
#48A7D0 #B548D0 #D07148 #63D048
split-complementary
#48A7D0 #D04863 #D0B548
monochromatic
#20617D #2D87AE #48A7D0 #79BEDD #A9D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#48A7D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71
#48A7D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48A7D0
7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##48A7D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##48A7D01.002.727.717.71
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7121.001.001.00
##0000007.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92A5D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F97CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #48a7d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 167, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.107 229.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1de',
    500: '#48a7d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #48a7d0;
$custom-light: #89c1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#48a7d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#48A7D0
secondary
#D7AF9D
accent
#7545E2
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#48A7D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva